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the_o nation_n this_o godly_a and_o religious_a king_n be_v unhappy_o draw_v into_o a_o destructive_a war._n pharaoh_n necho_n king_n of_o egypt_n go_v to_o war_n against_o carchemish_a king_n of_o assyria_n to_o the_o river_n euphrates_n josiah_n be_v draw_v in_o to_o aid_v the_o assyrian_n necho_n send_v ambassador_n to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o it_o what_o have_v i_o to_o do_v with_o thou_o thou_o king_n of_o judah_n i_o come_v not_o against_o thou_o this_o day_n but_o against_o the_o house_n wherewith_o i_o have_v war_n for_o god_n command_v i_o to_o make_v haste_n for_o bear_v thou_o from_o meddle_v with_o god_n who_o be_v with_o i_o that_o he_o destroy_v thou_o not_o nevertheless_o josiah_n will_v not_o turn_v his_o face_n from_o he_o but_z disguised_z himself_o that_o he_o may_v fight_v with_o he_o and_o hearken_v not_o unto_o the_o word_n of_o necho_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n and_o come_v to_o fight_v with_o he_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o megiddâ—_n and_o in_o this_o 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in_o the_o valley_n of_o magiddon_n and_o that_o not_o without_o cause_n whether_o the_o worth_n of_o the_o man_n the_o good_a that_o he_o do_v or_o the_o evil_a that_o follow_v upon_o his_o death_n be_v consider_v 2._o the_o continuation_n of_o this_o mourning_n it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o a_o time_n for_o a_o day_n or_o two_o or_o a_o week_n or_o two_o a_o month_n or_o two_o and_o no_o more_o but_o it_o be_v continue_v from_o time_n to_o time_n from_o year_n to_o year_n by_o a_o ordinance_n make_v for_o it_o in_o israel_n it_o be_v a_o custom_n among_o the_o jew_n to_o have_v public_a mourner_n at_o their_o funeral_n both_o man_n and_o woman_n who_o use_v to_o make_v lamentation_n in_o doleful_a tune_n at_o the_o death_n of_o person_n of_o worth_n as_o appear_v eccl._n 12.5_o man_n go_v to_o his_o long_a home_n and_o the_o mourner_n go_v about_o the_o street_n in_o these_o lamentation_n they_o use_v to_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o party_n decease_v and_o to_o mourn_v for_o they_o 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